Population in Sao Tome and Principe compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Sao Tome and Principe and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sao Tome	Sierra Leone	Sao Tome	Sierra Leone
1960	68,012	2,268,356	-	-
1961	68,707	2,304,227	1.02%	1.58%
1962	69,403	2,342,242	1.01%	1.65%
1963	70,112	2,382,258	1.02%	1.71%
1964	70,865	2,424,390	1.07%	1.77%
1965	71,680	2,468,666	1.15%	1.83%
1966	72,576	2,514,638	1.25%	1.86%
1967	73,596	2,562,384	1.41%	1.9%
1968	74,765	2,611,532	1.59%	1.92%
1969	76,083	2,661,365	1.76%	1.91%
1970	77,626	2,712,286	2.03%	1.91%
1971	79,330	2,763,222	2.2%	1.88%
1972	81,041	2,814,388	2.16%	1.85%
1973	82,798	2,866,955	2.17%	1.87%
1974	84,672	2,920,459	2.26%	1.87%
1975	86,708	2,974,657	2.4%	1.86%
1976	88,922	3,028,820	2.55%	1.82%
1977	91,301	3,085,354	2.68%	1.87%
1978	93,794	3,145,517	2.73%	1.95%
1979	96,252	3,207,499	2.62%	1.97%
1980	98,544	3,272,089	2.38%	2.01%
1981	100,615	3,338,940	2.1%	2.04%
1982	102,508	3,408,183	1.88%	2.07%
1983	104,380	3,481,646	1.83%	2.16%
1984	106,394	3,558,758	1.93%	2.21%
1985	108,658	3,638,438	2.13%	2.24%
1986	111,150	3,728,380	2.29%	2.47%
1987	113,919	3,829,718	2.49%	2.72%
1988	116,939	3,934,517	2.65%	2.74%
1989	119,979	4,034,037	2.6%	2.53%
1990	122,980	4,196,828	2.5%	4.04%
1991	125,697	4,246,267	2.21%	1.18%
1992	128,110	4,166,366	1.92%	-1.88%
1993	130,467	4,157,130	1.84%	-0.22%
1994	132,732	4,173,105	1.74%	0.38%
1995	134,895	4,179,179	1.63%	0.15%
1996	136,962	4,199,210	1.53%	0.48%
1997	138,922	4,253,716	1.43%	1.3%
1998	140,751	4,295,785	1.32%	0.99%
1999	142,442	4,318,043	1.2%	0.52%
2000	144,018	4,423,611	1.11%	2.44%
2001	146,375	4,692,716	1.64%	6.08%
2002	149,922	4,971,435	2.42%	5.94%
2003	153,814	5,177,687	2.6%	4.15%
2004	157,705	5,355,717	2.53%	3.44%
2005	161,639	5,501,712	2.49%	2.73%
2006	165,638	5,624,466	2.47%	2.23%
2007	169,700	5,749,352	2.45%	2.22%
2008	173,793	5,894,722	2.41%	2.53%
2009	177,853	6,055,646	2.34%	2.73%
2010	181,802	6,222,714	2.22%	2.76%
2011	185,649	6,387,251	2.12%	2.64%
2012	189,439	6,551,080	2.04%	2.56%
2013	193,148	6,714,051	1.96%	2.49%
2014	196,767	6,876,385	1.87%	2.42%
2015	200,291	7,037,655	1.79%	2.35%
2016	203,689	7,205,328	1.7%	2.38%
2017	206,970	7,379,299	1.61%	2.41%
2018	210,187	7,554,563	1.55%	2.38%
2019	213,392	7,731,991	1.52%	2.35%
2020	217,435	7,912,558	1.89%	2.34%
2021	221,961	8,094,602	2.08%	2.3%
2022	226,305	8,276,807	1.96%	2.25%
2023	230,871	8,460,512	2.02%	2.22%
2024	235,536	8,642,022	2.02%	2.15%
2025	240,251	8,819,789	2%	2.06%
2026	244,987	8,996,743	1.97%	2.01%
2027	249,783	9,174,695	1.96%	1.98%
2028	254,657	9,349,021	1.95%	1.9%
2029	259,597	9,520,811	1.94%	1.84%
2030	264,560	9,694,851	1.91%	1.83%
2031	269,566	9,870,295	1.89%	1.81%
2032	274,643	10,047,193	1.88%	1.79%
2033	279,761	10,221,006	1.86%	1.73%
2034	284,911	10,391,485	1.84%	1.67%
2035	290,082	10,563,163	1.81%	1.65%
2036	295,269	10,734,341	1.79%	1.62%
2037	300,439	10,902,263	1.75%	1.56%
2038	305,590	11,066,143	1.71%	1.5%
2039	310,729	11,230,060	1.68%	1.48%
2040	315,833	11,398,391	1.64%	1.5%
2041	320,875	11,566,213	1.6%	1.47%
2042	325,888	11,728,787	1.56%	1.41%
2043	330,908	11,887,934	1.54%	1.36%
2044	335,919	12,049,424	1.51%	1.36%
2045	340,911	12,208,872	1.49%	1.32%
2046	345,883	12,363,446	1.46%	1.27%
2047	350,758	12,512,739	1.41%	1.21%
2048	355,569	12,659,609	1.37%	1.17%
2049	360,353	12,805,136	1.35%	1.15%
2050	365,103	12,948,320	1.32%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sao Tome and Principe increased by 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sao Tome and Principe gained 43,764 (a 21.9% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th most populous country in 2005 and is 176th in 2025. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2005 and ranked 102nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Sao Tome and Principe's population will grow by 49.6% to 365,103 people with a rank change from 176th to 175th. The population of Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.